does a 30 day notice stipulated in a contract have to be specified as calendar or business days according to IL law?
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does a 30 day notice stipulated in a contract have to be specified as calendar or business days according to IL law?
I was in a contract where it stipulated a 30 day notice on either party
upon termination of the contract. I automatically received the stipulation
as 30 business days because this was a business agreement. When they paid
me out they only paid me for 30 calendar days which in turn shorted me for
close to 2K. It wasn’t specified calendar nor business. I want to sue them
for the remainder of the money and pain and suffering that I’m enduring
because their cheating me out of my money.
Asked on October 25, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Illinois
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
"Days" are always taken as calendar days UNLESS specified to the contrary: whether a commercial dealing (business agreement) or otherwise, "days" is interpreted in the commonsense, everyday sense of being calendar days except when defined otherwise in the agreement. For example, take court rules, for example: courts are not open on weekends, only during the business week (and not on holidays), but all time frames given in the court rules are, notwithstanding that, in calendar, not business days. Similarly, the "days" in you agreement will be calendar days unless the agreement itself said otherwise.
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